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Westlaw Precision: Next-Generation Legal Research With a Human Touch

Attorney at Work

“Editorial excellence has long been at the heart of Westlaw,“ said Leann Blanchfield, head of Primary Law, Editorial, Thomson Reuters. “To enable more precision in search, we added more than 250 new attorney editors to mark up and classify case law in more useful ways for our customers.”

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Seems student has not quite thought out what they want to write about since, when I asked what they wanted to write about, student said: Real Estate. The problem with this is that "Real Estate" (i.e. I mean, there are hundreds of avenues that can be taken when examining Real Estate. Got all that?

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Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 9

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

We fight allegations of professional misconduct against medical and legal practitioners, accountants, real estate agents, and others. The lawyers’ questions arose from a seeming conflict between this rule and Nebraska ethics rule 3-501.6 similar to the Kansas and Missouri rules).

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Washington’s New Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act: Explanation, Application, and Aspiration

WA Bar News

Query: Conversely, what if an arbitrator meets the qualifications set out in RCW 26.14.070, but lacks the specific expertise needed for certain complex family law disputes? Such cases might involve business valuations, complex financial matters, complicated trusts, elder care issues, and real estate disputes. Davidson v.

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2024 Guide to Utilizing Generative AI in the Legal Industry

MyCase

Smart contracts, powered by Blockchain, automate and enforce the terms of a contract without the need for intermediaries, streamlining operations in practice areas such as real estate and intellectual property.

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Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Tackling Racial Bias in Law with LexisNexis Fellows 2023 (TGIR Ep. 231)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Paul Campbell 14:39 Well, I hope to pass the Florida Bar and practice real estate law. But case law tells us that it does. So you know, case law is not always as strong as what the Constitution says or it’s arguable that this is not even a requirement. So what’s the future look look like for you?

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The Top 10 Golden Rules of Argumentation

The Successful Lawyer

Also, stay current with the case law. If the latter is the case, it may be time to pull back (if still possible) and retool. A friend of mine, who went on to become a billionaire real estate developer, was fond of the phrase, “Nobody ever got into trouble listening.” But our minds play tricks on us.